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Fedspeak translated
From Karl Denninger, a translation of Ben Bernake’s speech yesterday to the Economics Club of New York for those who do not speak Washington: While I am on the topic of bank lending, I would lik… more →
Re: The People
Fedspeak translated
charley2u wrote 4 days ago: From Karl Denninger, a translation of Ben Bernake’s speech yesterday to the Economics Club of … more →
Why beat a straw man when you have Larry Summers?
charley2u wrote 5 days ago: “I think we got the Recovery Act right,” Larry Summers, the president’s chief economic adviser, said … more →
The Great Lie: Jobs and economic growth
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charley2u wrote 6 days ago: It is the LIE that killed Detroit. It is killing California. It is killing Florida. It is killing Pu … more →
The Obama Jobs Summit: Grate Expectations
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charley2u wrote 1 week ago: Governor William J. Le Petomane: We have to protect our phoney baloney jobs here, gentlemen! We must … more →
Dissecting bullshit
charley2u wrote 1 week ago: The Messiah takes on unemployment: “In December, we’ll be holding a forum at the White H … more →
Why unemployment is ignored by Washington...
charley2u wrote 1 week ago: An interesting exchange with Larry Summers, the shithead who advises the Messiah on issues of unempl … more →
Someone else who gets it...
charley2u wrote 1 week ago: Over on Naked Capitalism the blogger, George Washington, continues on the theme we have written been … more →
More chart porn: Service employment falls two years running
charley2u wrote 1 week ago: In 70 years of record keeping, the American economy has never recorded a back-to-back, year-over-yea … more →
Omigod, dude! You're killing us!
charley2u wrote 2 weeks ago: It is becoming truly painful to read the bullshit coming out the progressive wing of the Democratic … more →
U.S. war spending jumps 21 percent since the beginning of the crisis...
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charley2u wrote 2 weeks ago: (Click to enlarge) This is a helpful graph, which crystallizes what is actually taking place amidst … more →
Political Pen: George Orwell, meet Vice President Joe Biden
charley2u wrote 3 weeks ago: “These aren’t the unemployed you’re looking for…” Obamy-wan’s mi … more →
A moment of stunned silence...
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charley2u wrote 3 weeks ago: MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews show was the scene of an uncomfortable pause when Jim Cra … more →
Trickle-Down Government Control
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tonyco5 wrote 3 weeks ago: Ronald Reagan was highly criticized for his economic policies. He cut taxes (and raised government … more →
The systemic collapse of a system that has rotted from the inside out.
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charley2u wrote 3 weeks ago: Tom Walker takes on economics… (Berlin) Wall to Wall (Street) by Tom Walker Twenty years ago n … more →
Saint Paul loses it...
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charley2u wrote 4 weeks ago: Paul Krugman had a little fascist temper tantrum today in the New York Times. The object of his infl … more →
WHAT PART OF 84 - 0 DO BARTIK, WRAY AND GALBRAITH NOT UNDERSTAND?
charley2u wrote 1 month ago: From the Sandwichman at Econospeak blog: At the New America Foundation, James Galbraith, Randall Wra … more →
Thought exercise...
charley2u wrote 1 month ago: SUPPOSE: In your town everyone is broke. Houses are emptied due to foreclosures, businesses are bank … more →
Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics (14): Leaving Out Relevant Explanatory Variables
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Filip Spagnoli wrote 1 month ago: Another installment in our ongoing series on mistakes and fraud in statistics. Here’s a graph … more →
Forecast: First back-to-back decline in holiday spending on record
charley2u wrote 1 month ago: According to Marketwatch “Never before have retailers suffered consecutive holiday-sales decli … more →
